| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| herb bennet |
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| NOUN: | A hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) having small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English herbe benet, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin herba benedicta : Latin herba, herb + Latin benedicta, feminine past participle of bened cere, to bless; see benediction.
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